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Photo: Irkutsk City Administration

Document: Agreement on inter-municipal cooperation (2023), Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between The Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan and the Committee on Economics and Strategic Planning of the Irkutsk City Administration (2024)

Year of foundation: 1661

Population: 611,215 people

The area of the city: 305 km²

Time zone: GMT +8

Website: https://admirk.ru/

About city:

Irkutsk is a unique, old city, ancient crossroad of trade routes, the capital of Eastern Siberia. It is located at a distance of 5042 km fr om Moscow and situated on the banks of the Angara river, 63 km from Lake Baikal.

Irkutsk was founded as prison in 1661 on the right bank of the Angara river, in 1686 it was granted the city status, since 1764 it was established as a center of the Irkutsk Governorate. Irkutsk is located at the intersection of transport routes, connecting the west and east of Russia, as well as Russia with China and Mongolia. Transsiberian railway and Federal Highway M-55 Moscow-Vladivostok passes through Irkutsk. International Irkutsk Airport is vital stopover point connecting airports of Southeast Asia and Far East with European part of Russia with the CIS countries.

Of great interest for investing is recreational potential of Lake Baikal. According to forecasts, up to 2 million people can relax annually on the coast of Baikal.

Modern Irkutsk is a historical city which successfully combines greatness and identity of the historical center and the quarters of modern buildings, traditions of the most intelligent and cultural Siberian city with modern industrial, scientific and educational potential, developed infrastructure.

There are four administrative districts in Irkutsk - Pravoberezhny, Oktyabrsky, Sverdlovsk and Leninsky.

Irkutsk today is a large administrative, industrial, trading, cultural and scientific center of Eastern Siberia, wh ere more than 600 thousand people live in. The national composition of population of the city is diverse and consists of over 120 nationalities.

Joint actions, contacts:

The delegation of Irkutsk, headed by the Mayor of Irkutsk, Ruslan Bolotov, participated in the event «United Cities Forum» (UCF), which took place on September 7-8, 2023 in Kazan within the framework of the International Forum "SPROUTS: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation". The Mayor of Irkutsk, Ruslan Bolotov, made a presentation at the sessions «Sister cities and broadening horizons: successful experience and new goals» and «Preservation of historical heritage as the basis of the identity of a modern city». Within the framework of this Forum, an agreement on inter-municipal cooperation was signed between the cities of Kazan and Irkutsk. Also a friendly chess tournament in a hybrid format between the teams of the sister cities and partners of Russia and China was held. The team of young chess players from Irkutsk defended with dignity the honor of their city at the tournament and was highly appreciated by the panel of judges and the audience.

On September 28, as part of the signed Agreement on inter-municipal cooperation between Kazan and the Irkutsk Tourism Development Committee of Kazan, was organized a meeting of Kazan tour operators with Irkutsk tour operators. As part of the establishment of partnerships and for the exchange of experience, the «Island Tour» travel agency visited the «Ice City «Happiness of Clean Water» infotour under the guidance of the Tourist Information Service. The event was also attended by guests from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Ulan-Ude. During the tour, the participants got acquainted with the main attractions of Irkutsk, inspected hotels, participated in various master classes, met representatives of the Irkutsk Administration, ITS Irkutsk, regional tour operators and service providers in the domain of tourism.

On October 6, 2023 the General meeting of Association of Cities of the Volga region members was held in Perm, in which the President of the Association of Siberian and Far Eastern cities, the Mayor of Irkutsk Ruslan Bolotov participated in.

On December 1, 2023, a delegation from Kazan visited Irkutsk to discuss the celebration of a Sabantuy in Irkutsk in 2024.

On June 29, 2024, the Kazan delegation took part in the organization of the traditional Tatar holiday Sabantuy, which was held with great success in Irkutsk. The event program included national games, tasting of Tatar cuisine, sports competitions and a festival of creative groups. An important result of this event was the signing of an agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism, which will open up many opportunities for the development of tourism potential between these cities.

A team of chess players from the city of Irkutsk took part in a chess tournament within the framework of the II International Forum “SPROUTS: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation”, which was held on November 14-15, 2024 in Kazan.

Photo: ivgoradm.ru

Documents: Treaty of Cooperation between the Cities (1997)

Year of foundation: 1608

Population: 404,000 (2020)

Area of the city: 104 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: http://ivgoradm.ru/

About the city:

The city of Ivanovo is traditionally considered the center of the textile industry.

The international film festival “Mirror” named after Andrei Tarkovsky is held. Ivanovo is on the list of cities in the Golden Ring of Russia. By Presidential Decree of July 2, 2020 the city was awarded the title “City of Labor Valor”.

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Document: Treaty on partnership and cooperation in economic, scientific and cultural areas between the cities of Kazan and Yoshkar-Ola (2002)

Year of foundation: 1584

Population: 274 thousand people. (2020)

Area of the city: 101.8 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: https://i-ola.ru/

About the city:

Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of the Republic of Mari El. Yoshkar-Ola in Russian means Red City. During its history, the city has changed its name several times. Yoshkar-Ola is a multifunctional city with a predominance of industry, in which the leading role belongs to the enterprises of mechanical engineering, building materials, food industry. The city of Yoshkar-Ola is one of the greenest cities in Russia. The capital of the Republic of Mari El is in the top 10 of the environmental rating among Russian cities.

Joint events, contacts:

Yoshkar-Ola has been a member and one of the founders of the UCLG Eurasia since 2004, and has also been a part of Association of Cities of Volga Region since 2000 and is active within these organizations.

Delegation of the Republic of Mari El visited the 2013 Universiade.

From May 26 to 28, 2016, the Head of the urban city district of Yoshkar-Ola Alexander Printsev took part in the Executive Bureau of UCLG.

December 18, 2020 Head of the Staff of the Assembly of Deputies of the urban district of Yoshkar-Ola Elena Nikitina took part in the General Meeting of members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which was held in Kazan.

June 24-26, 2021, representatives of the city of Yoshkar-Ola participated in the 17th World Conference of Historic Cities "Historical and cultural heritage as the basis of national cultural and local identity", which was held in Kazan.

September 24, 2021 the Head of the urban district City Yoshkar-Ola, Chairman of the Assembly of Deputies Victor Kuznetsov took part in a general meeting of the Association of the Volga region cities, which was held in Nizhny Novgorod.

Head of Yoshkar-Ola, Chairman of the Assembly of Deputies Victor Kuznetsov took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities, which was held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.

The representative of the Yoshkar-Ola City Administration took part in the I Kazan International Legal Forum, which was held on September 29 - 30, 2022 in Kazan.

On October 6, 2023 the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities, which was personally attended by the Head of Yoshkar-Ola Victor Kuznetsov, held in Perm.

Photo: Krasnodar Administration and City Council

Document: Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism (2023)

Year of foundation: 1793

Population: 1,099,344 people (2021)

The area of the city: 841.4 km²

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: https://www.krd.ru/

About city:

The municipal formation of the city of Krasnodar (Ekaterinodar before 1920) is an administrative, industrial, business and cultural center of the Krasnodar Territory. The city is located on the Kuban-Azov (Prikubanskaya) lowland, on the right bank of the Kuban river, 1539 km south of Moscow.

Krasnodar is major transportation hub, which includes all kinds of transport: air, rail, river, bus and urban electric transport (tram, trolleybus). Modern Krasnodar is the industrial center. About 50 thousand people or more than 11% of all employed in the city’s economy work at 127 large and medium-sized, as well as numerous small industrial enterprises. The leading place in the industrial structure is occupied by the food, machine-building, metalworking and light industries.

Taking into consideration the special geopolitical position of the Krasnodar Territory in the South of Russia, Krasnodar became one of the most significant cities in the Southern Federal District and annually confirms this with the results of social and economic development.

Joint activities, contacts:

Since 2004 Krasnodar has been a member of the Eurasia Regional Section of the World organization UCLG and actively participates in events held by organization.

On May 25-26, 2023, a representative of the Krasnodar city administration took part in the training «Eurasia Cities and Global Trends» which was held in Kazan.

A representative of the Krasnodar took part in the event «United Cities Forum» which was held on September 7-8, 2023 in Kazan during International Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China- Mutually Beneficial Cooperation». A team of chess players from Krasnodar took part in a chess tournament within the framework of the forum.

On September 20, 2023, representatives of Krasnodar Administration participated online as listeners in the Mayors’ Round Table «Artificial Intelligence in city Management» within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023.

Representatives of the tour operators of Kazan between the 6 and 9 of October, 2023 took part in an informational tour around the city, specially designed by Tourist information center of Krasnodar.

A team of chess players from the city of Krasnodar took part in a chess tournament within the framework of the II International Forum "SPROUTS: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation”, which was held on November 14-15, 2024 in Kazan.

Photo: gkd.ru

Document: Protocol of Intent on establishing friendly relations between the city of Kazan and Chisinau (2021)

Population: 695 thousand people (2019)

Area: 123km²

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: https://www.chisinau.md/?l=ru

About city:

Chisinau is a city in Eastern Europe, the capital of the Republic of Moldova. The city is situated on seven hills and stretches along the river Bic, the right tributary of the Dniester. It received the status of a city in 1818 after having become a part of the Russian Empire. In Chisinau, you can see both typical buildings of the Soviet period and significant architectural monuments as the neoclassical Cathedral of the Nativity. The domed temple is a part of the whole ensemble of the Cathedral Park. There is also a square with a 19th century triumphal arch, built to commemorate Russia's victory over the Ottoman Empire. Stefan the Great Park is named in honour of the Moldovan prince who resisted the Ottoman Empire.

Joint actions, contacts:

On September 23, 2020 the General Mayor of Chisinau Ion Cheban spoke at the Mayors’ Round Table «Smart City» within the framework of the international forum Kazan Digital Week-2020.

In 2020, the cities of Chisinau and Kazan at the same time joined the UNESCO Network of Learning Cities.

The delegation of Chisinau took part in the International Forum «Healthy Cities. Healthy nutrition for children», which was held in Kazan on June 1-3, 2021. The Deputy Mayor of Chisinau, Ms. Angela Kutasevich, made a presentation, and also signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact. Earlier, Kazan joined the Coordinating Council of the Pact fr om the Eurasia and Southwest Asia region, and the Forum actually became the first Eurasian regional forum of the Milan Pact.

The official meeting of city representatives took place in Kazan within the framework of the «Healthy Cities. Healthy Nutrition for Children» forum, during which the signing of the letter of intent to establish friendly relations between the city of Kazan and Chisinau also occurred.

Representatives of Chisinau took part in the 17th World Conference of Historical Cities: «Historical and Cultural Heritage as the basis of national, cultural and local identity» in Kazan on June 24-26, 2021. The Deputy Mayor of Chisinau, Mrs. Angela Kutasevich, made a presentation on the topic «Preservation and development of national languages in a multiethnic environment on the example of the city of Chisinau».

On September 21, 2021, the Mayor General of Chisinau, Ion Cheban, spoke about the role of smart technologies in urban life at the Mayors’ Round Table «Evolution of Smart Cities» within the framework of the international forum Kazan Digital Week-2021.

During the visit of the Chisinau delegation to Kazan in September 2021, an official meeting of the heads of the cities took place, as well as a number of working meetings, where the parties exchanged experience in the development of communal services.

On October 21, 2021, Olga Ursu, the Head of the Office of the Mayor of Chisinau, Advisor of the Mayor, made a presentation at the VII Global Forum of the Milan Pact for Urban Food Policy. The event took place in Barcelona, wh ere Kazan was the key regional coordinator in the region of Eurasia and South-West Asia and the Chair City of the Coordinating Council of the Milan Pact in 2021-2023.

Deputy General Mayor of the Chisinau Municipality Fadei Nagacevschi had a working visit to Kazan and made a report at the meeting of the Mayors’ Round Table «Digital transformation of management in the city», which was held on 21 September 2022 in the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2022.

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Year of foundation: 1628

Population: 1 million inhabitants. (2020)

Area of the city: 379 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +7

Website: http://www.admkrsk.ru/

About the city:

Krasnoyarsk is a developed industrial center of Russia. More than seventeen thousand enterprises, organizations and institutions are located in Krasnoyarsk. Leading industries: space industry, non-ferrous metallurgy, machine building, woodworking, transport, chemical, food, retail and wholesale trade, services. Krasnoyarsk universities educate about 150 thousand students annually. The local Siberian Federal University has more than 40,000 students. About 20% of all gold in Russia is mined here. There are about 200 fountains in the city. Krasnoyarsk is considered a "city of fountains," ranking third among Russian cities by their number.

Joint events, contacts:

Krasnoyarsk is a member and one of the founders of UCLG since 2004.

In 2012 an official visit of Krasnoyarsk representatives to Kazan took place.

In April 2016 a delegation from Krasnoyarsk headed by First Deputy Mayor Igor Titenkov visited Kazan to exchange experience in holding major international sporting events.

On November 9, 2018, a delegation from the Krasnoyarsk Territory headed by Governor Aleksandr Uss visited the Republic of Tatarstan to discuss the issues on forming the architectural appearance of Kazan, improvement of public and cultural spaces, development of transport infrastructure, introduction of road safety and traffic flow monitoring systems, organization of public transport work.

City, provided great support to Kazan in Durban, South Africa in November 2019 when the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin was elected President of the UN Advisory Council on Local Government.

On September 23, 2020 Head of Krasnoyarsk Sergey Yeremin took part in the international forum Kazan Digital Week-2020 and made a presentation on "Evaluation of integrated solutions in the field of road safety using Krasnoyarsk as an example" at the Mayors’ Round Table Smart City.

On September 21, 2022 representatives of Krasnoyarsk city administration took part in the online format at the session of the Mayors' round table «Digital transformation of management in the city», which was held within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2022.

Alena Parfenova, Director of the Krasnoyarsk Center for Social Communication «World without Borders», took part in the training «Eurasian Cities and Global Trends», which was held in Kazan on May 25 - 26, 2023.

She also took part in the «United Cities Forum» (UCF) event and made a report in the «City for the residents. Involvement, participation, dialog. Joint implementation of projects of public spaces» session, which was held from September 7 to 8, 2023 in Kazan within the framework of the International Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation». A team of chess players from Krasnoyarsk took part in the chess tournament held in the framework of the Forum.

On September 20, 2023 representatives of Krasnoyarsk city administration took part in the Round Table of Mayors «Artificial Intelligence in city management» online, within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023.

The delegation of Krasnoyarsk city administration took part as listeners in the session “School Exchanges as a Key for Intermunicipal Cooperation” within the framework of the II International Forum “SPROUTS: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation”, which was held on November 14-15, 2024 in Kazan. A team of chess players from Krasnoyarsk took part in a chess tournament as part of the Forum.

On February 6-8, 2025, the head of the architecture department - chief architect of the city of Krasnoyarsk Yulia Solovarova visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh».